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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 13, 20145 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2014, 8:14 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2014, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 13, 1:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 13, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 7.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 13, 7:53 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 7:53 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
753 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

.UPDATE...
WILL BE EXTENDING TORNADO WATCH 74 FOR MONTAGUE...GRAYSON AND
COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM.  WILL ALLOW YOUNG COUNTY TO EXPIRED.

75

&&

.AVIATION...
THE PRIMARY AVIATION WEATHER CONCERN THIS EVENING WILL TIMING THE
COLD FRONT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS ALONG IT.

THE COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A LINE FROM GUTHRIE TO WICHITA
FALLS TO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AT 7 PM. THE FRONT WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE METROPLEX TAF SITES
BETWEEN 3 AND 4Z AND WACO A FEW HOURS LATER. A SOUTH/SOUTHWEST
WIND BETWEEN 14 AND 18 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 28 KNOTS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT AND
REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY. A THIN LINE OF STORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE
FRONT. HOWEVER...THE BEST STORM CHANCES WILL BE NORTHEAST OF THE
METROPLEX TAF SITES.

MVFR CEILINGS WILL FILTER IN A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER FROPA AND
REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE LOW CLOUDS WILL
EVENTUALLY SCATTER OUT MONDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.PREV UPDATE...
.UPDATE...
WILL ISSUE A QUICK UPDATE TO CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY. WILL ALSO
ADJUST POPS BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS.

75

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014/
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED INTO THE WESTERN ZONES
BEFORE SUNRISE AND MOVED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY HAD
MOVED TO THE EAST OF A BONHAM TO CORSICANA TO GEORGETOWN LINE AS
OF 330 PM. THESE STORMS PRODUCED SOME LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS
AND THERE WERE A FEW REPORTS OF SOME SMALL HAIL. ROUND TWO OF
STORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG THE DRY LINE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SOME
DESTABILIZATION IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE I-35
CORRIDOR WESTWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MAY STILL OCCUR BEFORE SUNSET. A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED
SOUTHEAST OF A SWEETWATER TO CHILDRESS TO PLAINVIEW LINE AT 3
PM....WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL
OVERTAKE THE DRY LINE THIS EVENING AND SWEEP THROUGH THE
SOUTHEASTERN ZONES BY DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD DAYBREAK.

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL MIX DOWN MONDAY MORNING WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH
POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER THIS
EVENING TO COVER MONDAY/S STRONG WINDS. HIGHS MONDAY WILL BE IN
THE 50S TO LOWER 60S.

WINDS WILL DECREASE BY SUNSET MONDAY AND WITH CLEAR SKIES AND THE
LIGHTER WINDS...A FREEZE WILL OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS
WITH AREAS OF FROST POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
TEXAS. LOWS WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 30S...THOUGH SOME UPPER 20S ARE
LIKELY ACROSS THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS ACROSS THE NORTH AND
WEST.

TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE AND COLD FRONT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SOME LINGERING
SHOWERS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING. 58

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  50  57  34  63  43 /  50  10   5   0   5
WACO, TX              54  59  34  64  39 /  40  20   5   0   5
PARIS, TX             49  51  30  60  38 /  50  20  10   0   5
DENTON, TX            45  54  30  63  39 /  60  10   5   0   5
MCKINNEY, TX          48  55  31  62  38 /  60  10   5   0   5
DALLAS, TX            50  57  35  63  44 /  50  10   5   0   5
TERRELL, TX           52  56  32  62  38 /  50  20   5   0   5
CORSICANA, TX         54  56  34  62  40 /  40  20   5   0   5
TEMPLE, TX            55  60  35  64  38 /  30  20   5   0   5
MINERAL WELLS, TX     44  56  31  64  38 /  20  10   5   0   5

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

 /75

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 5:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
524 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-141145-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
524 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...
MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A BONHAM TO COMANCHE THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER
HAZARDS...HOWEVER A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNSET FOR AREAS ALONG AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN TO CORSICANA TO HEARNE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
FROST IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 13, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
637 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0633 PM     HAIL             4 S GOLDTHWAITE         31.51N  98.57W
04/13/2014  E1.75 INCH       MILLS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            4 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDTHWAITE

Local storm report, Apr 13, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
638 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     HAIL             DUBLIN                  32.08N  98.33W
04/13/2014  E1.75 INCH       ERATH              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            GOLFBALL HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

Local storm report, Apr 13, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
655 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0653 PM     HAIL             10 S GOLDTHWAITE        31.31N  98.57W
04/13/2014  E1.75 INCH       MILLS              TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
706 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

TXZ130-132-144-140030-
ERATH TX-SOMERVELL TX-BOSQUE TX-
706 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY
  SOUTHEASTERN ERATH COUNTY
  SOUTHWESTERN SOMERVELL COUNTY

AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CLIFTON...IREDELL...MERIDIAN
AND MERIDIAN STATE PARK.

PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3224 9816 3217 9778 3217 9757 3215 9757
      3213 9752 3173 9757 3184 9789 3201 9801
      3193 9817 3196 9825 3198 9825 3197 9827
      3200 9838
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 287DEG 20KT 3206 9813

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 7:19 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
719 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

TXZ091-140045-
MONTAGUE TX-
719 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  MONTAGUE COUNTY

AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWIE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BOWIE...NOCONA AND
STONEBURG.

PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3396 9759 3391 9759 3392 9748 3375 9749
      3351 9777 3360 9799 3388 9799 3389 9794
      3386 9785 3392 9779 3396 9771 3399 9770
      3400 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 279DEG 25KT 3376 9804

Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
754 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     HAIL             8 E LOMETA              31.23N  98.24W
04/13/2014  E1.50 INCH       LAMPASAS           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	24 min
Apr 13, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	26 min
Apr 13, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	55 min
Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Lampasas	66 min
Apr 13, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	63 min
Apr 13, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	26 min
Apr 13, 9:26 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more	24 hr
Apr 13, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Milam	65 min
Apr 13, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	50 min
Apr 13, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	30 min
Apr 13, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta, Hunt, Lamar	28 min
Apr 13, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta, Hunt	33 min
Apr 14, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta	33 min
Apr 14, 3:13 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	FWD	Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Delta and 24 more	30 hr
Apr 14, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	34 min
Apr 14, 8:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	32 min
Apr 14, 8:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro	58 min
Apr 14, 8:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Van Zandt	61 min
Apr 14, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	33 min
Apr 14, 9:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan	58 min
Apr 14, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	47 min
Apr 14, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	23 min
Apr 14, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, McLennan	60 min
Apr 14, 10:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	56 min
Apr 14, 10:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	23 min
Apr 14, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains	36 min
Apr 14, 11:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	26 min
Apr 14, 3:19 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Dallas, Ellis, Falls, Freestone and 10 more	18 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.